VSPV NRW: AI-Driven Automation for Complex Case Handling
We worked with VSPV NRW in Germany to modernize document-heavy hearing and decision workflows into one AI-powered platform - reducing manual steps, increasing consistency, and helping teams decide faster with confidence.
Public Sector
AI Automation
Workflow Platform
-45%
Average handling time
+30%
Decision consistency
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Overview
VSPV needed a resilient digital backbone for hearing and decision operations. The legacy process relied on manual handovers, fragmented documents, and limited visibility across stakeholders. We designed and delivered a centralized platform that orchestrates intake, review, and final decision support in one operational flow.
Discovery
Platform UX
AI Integration
The Challenge
Teams had to process high volumes of case files under strict quality expectations. Information lived across PDFs, emails, and disconnected systems, making each case slow to assess and harder to standardize. The key challenge was introducing automation without sacrificing accountability, transparency, or human judgment.
The Solution
We implemented a practical AI-enabled workflow platform that:
Extracts and structures critical information from incoming case documents.
Routes tasks automatically based on case type, stage, and urgency.
Supports reviewers with decision-ready summaries and traceable recommendations.
Provides operational dashboards for throughput, SLA risk, and bottleneck visibility.
Keeps human approval in control while reducing repetitive administrative work.
TECHNOLOGY STACK
What powers the platform
Product, application, data, and delivery layers we used to ship the VSPV experience end to end.
Product & experience
Web application (SPA)
Responsive admin-style UI
Internationalization (i18n)
Rich text editing, calendars, charts, maps (where relevant to the story)
Frontend
Vue 3
TypeScript
Vite
Tailwind CSS
Vue Router
TanStack Query (Vue)
Form validation (Vee-Validate + Yup)
Backend & API
Go
REST API (Fiber)
JWT-based auth
Structured logging (Zap)
OpenAPI / Swagger documentation
Data & persistence
PostgreSQL
Redis (caching / sessions / queues)
GORM (ORM)
SQL migrations (golang-migrate)
Document & AI workflows
Python (batch / cron jobs)
PDF parsing & OCR (e.g. pdfplumber, Tesseract)
OpenAI API (document / hearing-related processing)
Integrations
SendGrid (transactional email)
External registry / compliance APIs (Handelsregister stack in Docker Compose)
Infrastructure & delivery
Docker
Docker Compose
Nginx (static frontend hosting)
Alpine-based images
Quality & developer experience
ESLint & Prettier
Vitest & Vue Test Utils
CI-friendly build pipeline
RESULTS
-45%
reduction in average case handling time
+30%
improvement in decision consistency across reviewers
2x
faster triage for high-priority hearings
+60%
better workflow visibility for operations leads
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